The first truly terrestrial animals evolved from ancient fishes that left the water for land. But what prompted to move has been a mystery.
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Canadian artists Crystal Pite and Jonathan Young take the audience on a searing journey through the emotionally stunted landscape of a grieving father.
Every part of this production - staged outdoors in a quarry - shows evidence of the highest degree of collaboration and the greatest subtlety of decision.
Australia is spending more than A$500 million a year too much for pharmaceuticals because of a little known loophole that allows drug companies to overcharge the government.
This year is the bicentenary of Jane Austen’s death and her celebrity continues to grow. But relegating Austen’s work to plots about ‘whether the heroine gets her man’ belittles her achievement.
It’s one thing to read Irvine Welsh’s grim tale of 1980s Scotland - it’s another to see it happen three feet away from you.
According to Politico, the Washington Post, the New Yorker and dozens of other sources, White House Press spokesman Sean Spicer is in trouble with the boss because he has been successfully parodied by…
Video games aren’t just fun, they can also be potent therapeutic devices. The OrbIT has shown it can help children with cerebral palsy to improve their hand function.
The plays of Alex Buzo captured the spirit of rebellion of a new generation of theatre artists.
The Centrelink debt recovery system reminds us that many data systems are prone to error, and that’s built in to how they work.
Footy isn’t just the dominant spectator sport and topic of conversation in South Australia. It’s a salve.
Scabies was one of the scourges of those on the First Fleet, but no longer known for most in Australian society. However, in the far remote North, scabies infection is endemic.
History is writ large in the remote areas around Woomera and the Nullarbor: from the fossils of microscopic, cell-like creatures to ancient stone tools to the deitrus of rocket tests and the painful legacy of the Maralinga atomic blasts.
South Australia is facing a whole range of social and economic problems that are forming the perfect storm.
An early review of Patrick White’s A Cheery Soul said it ‘upset everybody who saw it’. But this extraordinary play, once a victim of 60s cultural cringe, marked a turning point in Australian theatre.
Cate Blanchett howls and contorts in RED, del kathryn barton’s ferocious exploration of female power.
How might an Aboriginal person in the Northern Territory experience racism? There are many material signs that can make a person feel excluded from society.
The controversial Centrelink debt recovery system is bad news for the mental health of the disadvantaged and vulnerable people it targets.
Banked breast milk is a safe source of shared human milk, and can be a life-saver for very premature babies.
A federal ICAC will not solve the sorts of problems Australian politicians have recently embroiled themselves in.
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Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Models Theme Leader for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University
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Associate Lecturer, Learning & Teaching Innovation, Flinders University
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Associate Professor of Archaeological Science, Flinders University
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Lecturer in Government, Flinders University
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Research Assistant at Flinders University Palaeontology Laboratory, Flinders University
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Scientific Officer in Ornithology, Australian Museum, and ARC DECRA Fellow, Flinders University
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Associate Professor of Natural Sciences (Oceanography), Flinders University
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Head, Childhood Dementia Research Group, Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University
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Lecturer in Government, Flinders University
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Professor of Psychology, Flinders University
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Flinders University
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Professor, Flinders University
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Professor of English, Flinders University
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Senior Lecturer in Law, Flinders University
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Research Associate, Childhood Dementia Research Group, Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University
